John McLaughlin's name
Patrick Marcotte
>
>I have both the Royal Festival Hall CD and the Live in Tokyo CD.
>On both of these albums he says his own name at the end, but it
>is not clear enough on either for me to definitively hear it.
>How Frustrating!! (I'm the guy who wrote the original note)
>
>Looks like the replies were about 50% "McLofflin" and 50% "McLocklin"
>
>Ugh. Guess I'll just have to ask him!
>
>Mark Smart
I'm pretty sure it's "McGloffglin."
Brian Ritchie
Nils> b...@inf.rl.ac.uk (Brian Ritchie) wrote:
Nils> :>I have a dumb question. How is the guitarists name pronounced?
Nils> :>Is it "McLocklin" like the dude on PBS, or "McLofflin"? I've
Nils> :>heard it both ways.
Just to point out that I *didn't* write the above - the attribution is
wrong (or rather, misleading: the umpty levels of indentation might
have been a clue).
I *did* write the following, before which I said what the Scottish
pronunciation of McLaughlin's name would be, though Nils cut that bit
out.
Me>: I don't think JM is Scottish... so I wonder what *he* prefers?
Nils> I think he says it loud and clear on the Royal Festival Hall recording,
Nils> which of course I don't have on hand. If I remember right, it's "ff".
Both the "ff" and "ck" pronunciations are corruptions of the
Scottish/Irish, made by people who can't say "loch" properly (which
might include JM himself, for all I know; I guess I'd give him the
right to pronounce his own name "incorrectly"! :-)
Nils> Didn't we just have this discussion on rmb a couple months ago?
In which case, sorry if I posted to a zombie thread; but I'm a regular
reader and don't recall seeing it. You don't have to read it...
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Jeff Volkman
> jacob...@msdisk.wustl.edu ("Nils") wrote:
>
> Nils> :>I have a dumb question. How is the guitarists name pronounced?
> Nils> :>Is it "McLocklin" like the dude on PBS, or "McLofflin"? I've
> Nils> :>heard it both ways.
>
> Just to point out that I *didn't* write the above - the attribution is
> wrong (or rather, misleading: the umpty levels of indentation might
> have been a clue).
>
> Nils> :>Didn't we just have this discussion on rmb a couple months ago?
>
> In which case, sorry if I posted to a zombie thread; but I'm a regular
> reader and don't recall seeing it. You don't have to read it...
Yes; this is one of several automated threads that reappear at
irregular intervals. My response is automated as well. Please disregard
if you recieve this message more than once.
-Jeff
Jeff Volkman
Compromise; McGloffcklin.
-Jeff
Gary Valentin
Jeff> Compromise; McGloffcklin.
If you don't want to seem ignorant, just pronounce it
McLau(*cough*)in
Jeff> -Jeff
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Karl-Michael Schneider
LING...@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU. There might be some Scottish linguists on this list
who know how to pronounce that name.
Karl-Michael.
Jeff Volkman
I think that - as a couple people have said already - it's pronounced
with the Scottish "achhh" sound, which comes from the back of your
throat. In American english, the "k" sound is probably the closest
approximation ("McLocklin") phonetically, but in common practice, we
(Americans and most english speakers) pronounce the "ph" like an "f,"
hence the confusion.
-Jeff
Mark W. Smart
I just found out he's playing in Chicago in February, so I'll
just have to go ask. "Excuse me, I'm a big fan of yours and..
uh..how the hell do you say your name?"
Mas
Mark Smart
jacob...@msdisk.wustl.edu
Patrick Marcotte
Gee, I always thought it was pronounced JON.
Pat M. (who is SO SORRY for having posted this....)